Car-fender.



J. P. RISDON. GAR FENDER. APPLIOA'TIOH FILED Nov. 1', 1907.

PATENTBD APR. 14, l908 WIr/1158858:

`Ummm STATES JOHN r. RIsDoN,.0F s

PATENT onirica.

EATTLE, WASHINGTON.

CAR-FENDER. f

Ne. 884,683. 'spifwatien er Application mea'Novemter 1, 1 907. saranno. mais?.

Letters Patent. Patented-Appel 14, isos.

To all whom it 'mayico/acme.'` v' l Beit known that I, JOHN F. RIsDoN, a'

l citizen of the United States,.residing at Seat-' tle, in the county of King and State of W ash-l ington, 'have invented c ertain new and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders, of which the :following is a s eciiication, reference being had therein to t e accompanying drawings. j This invention relates to fenders for street or suburban railwayv service. g v

Theobject of the invention is the improvement in apparatus ofvthis character, wherebyy .the same may be predeterminately actuated byY the' motorman but should he fail to'someetan emergency the fender devices will ofy matically vprevent `a person .or lother object from encountering the car-wheels.. v A l With these and other ends in view,' the invention consists in the novel construction,

adaptation and combination of devices' as 4will be-hereinafter described and claimed.

y bers 8 and 'QYof'the frames of the lower and Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the front end ofa car with my improved vfender devices attached thereto; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 with the fender-devices 'in changed ositions; and Fig. 3 is a fraginentary un ersidev plan [view of;I the leading fender` I The reference numeral 5 designates a street car 'latform to which is rigidly secured brac ets, such as 6, for -carrying a transverse rod 7. Hinged to this rod are the side memupp'erfender` arts 8 and 9, respectively.`

. Said side mem ers of the upper fender-part :9 are prolonged to rovide arms 94 for engagement with the4 ocking-bar r10 which is connected intermediate its length by a pivot 11 with the otherl part 8 4and the arms arel accordingly made to have a hok 12 upon one and a bifurcated' end 12 upon the other y -arm vto servo as latch-housings for the locking-bar` ends.

Another fender 1B, or Wheel guard, as it will be hereinafter designated, is

tiltably connected byl a cross-bar 13.` andA brackets 14 to `.the end of the wheel-4 :truck 15.`

Such guard is providedy with an arm 13 extending above its connection with,

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the rod and between this arm and an angle- -piece 15 ofthe truck is a helical spring 16 ltending to force the guard to its-'lowermost .i positionL- whereat it'is indicated in- Fig. 2,

and determined bythe adjustmentoi a nut 17 upon a2 headed rod '17 which extends 1 .a sup ort* 211'v rigidly connected ,to fthe lcar .6.0 -u on a'sh 20 .having thereupon a ratcliet.-

w eel v21. A detent 22 yfor this ratchetwheel is provided upon the end of `the anrn of a lever 23 which is fulcrumed by a P11124 ,to

55 dash-- oard-5,Wl1ile .the other arm 23 is aryrangedto be-engagedby the upper artofthe `fender when the' same is'in `its normali position, as'represented in Fig. 2.- l

25 'is a lever ulcrumed at 26 :to a sup .ont 70 upon the car and is connected by a rod 23?'A with the arm 23l of the'lever 23 Vand to the other side of the i'fulcrum 26- is a stud 28 adapted to en age'arod 29 whentheileterjs Y tilted outwardgly to'eect the 4lowering of the ggf, fender to which 'the rod 29 is' connected; -'llhe stud 28 is slidably seated in a slot `29o the rod andis arranged `to -bear against thev forward end of ,the slot lwhen'eectin'g the :aforesaid movement ofthe fender. j.' 1. .So A compressing spring. is employed to press the'l arm23 ofthe lever-23 outwardly to oaus'e vthel detent vthereof t'o detachablyenga ethe ratchet-.wheel 21 and also serye to *.yie dingly: hold :the arm against the -upper A8 5- `fender-peut 9. A. spring 31 is also :employedv v,to exert a force against this ieridericelhitrel'y to that of the spring 8O and is-advanta eoiisly mounted. upon a reach-rod2'attache'to the `fender and extends tblou h a .seke't attachment 33 of the 681.12 his rod islscrew threaded for .the reception of ,e amt ,S-thetween Which and said socketattachment is confined the spring 31 to afordnreansffor adjusting the power of the same. A counter- ,9,5 acting spring 35 may be used,`if desired, upon the rod 32 between the fender and the attachment 33,. but it must be somewhat weaker ,than the Qpposing'spring 3Q. .The operation of the invention `may be described as follows: Letus assume that the fender and wheel guard are fboth in their' `normal positions, namely-held v`at suche Y height as to clearvthe traclgsurface by iat-bout six inches and are thus? maintained throu the agency of the s ring 81 acting upon je forward fender, whi e the rear vienderis lheld suspended by the chain 18 which isheld against Withdrawal rom thesprocket-wheel 1'9 by the pawl-lever 23 `being engaged .inthe .110

\in unison with the sprocket-wheel.

' picking up the object.

' cupies in Fig. 2.

ratchet-wheel 21 which is arranged to turn Under such conditions, ifan object should present itself upon the trackin advance of the car,

the operator actuates. the lever 25 to cause the stud 28 to forcibly bear against the rod 29, whereby the fender may be tilted downwardly, as shown in Fig. 1 to allow the fender This manipulation of the fender would, by reason of the lever 25 lbeing positively'connected with the lever 23, swerve the same to disen age the detent thereof from the ratchet-wieel 21 and release the wheel-guard, and the detent is accordingly shownv on the point of becoming ldisengaged when the guard will then be moved to occupy the osition which it oc- Shou d the operator, h owever, fail to tilt the fender downwardly in the manner just explained to receive the object, 'and the latter should encounter the fender, the eiiect would be that the fender would be tilted upwardly and in so doing influence the lever 23 to disengage the ratchet to release the chain whereupon the spring 16 would assert itself to tilt the wheelguard 13 downwardl into the osition in which it is Aillustrate in Fi 2 t us safeguarding the ob 'ect against anyIiability of becoming mangled by the car-Wheels, whether it has been assed Vover bythe fender or not. In Fig. 2 the flower part ofthe fender is'represented by broken lines to illustrate how it can be swung up upon its hinged connection when unemp o ed.

l rom the fore oing it is'evident that the invention is pecu iarly adapted 'to meet any contingency which is likely to arise in the service where'fender devices are generally found to be defective, namely,where through the negligence of the motorman the fender is not lowered in time and in consequence the person or object u on the track is endangered by the whee While this invention overcomes automatically. this objection it is still susceptible of being mani ulated by the motorinanand all danger is o viated. y

Having described my invention,v what I .claim isf- L1, In an apparatus of the class described, the combinatlon with a fender having two hinged parts, locking devices to secure said parts together, of a tiltable wheel-guard, supports for said guard, a spring actnig to urge the guard lnto operative osition,

sameunder com ression and the wheelguard normally e evated and comprising a chain connected at one end to lthe wheelguard, a shaft carrying a sprocket wheel to receive said' chain and a detent engaging said sprocket Wheel, an actuating lever, connections between said actuating leverV and said detent, and connections between said lever and the said fender.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a car, a fender, a supf port carried by the car and to'wliich the fender is hinged, a spring acting to yieldingly retain the fender so as to be at some distance above the track bed, and a lever, of a wheelholding the said wheel guard normally suspended above the track bed and comprising a shaft, a sprocket Wheel thereon, a chain 4connected to the Wheel-guard and engaging the sprocket wheel and a pivotally mounted dete'nt engaging the sprocket wheel, an actuating lever pivotally attached to the car, con- .nectionsbetween said lever and the detent, and a spring acting to tilt the guard into juX- taposition with the track bed when the lever isactuated.

combination with a fender formed with two hinged parts, and lookin devices to. secure said parts together, of a ttable Wheel-guard, supports for the guard, a spring acting to urge the guard into operative position, a shaft upon the car and provided with a s rocket-Wheel and a ratchet-wheel mounted t ereon, said wheels, a chain enga ing With said sprocket-wheel and connecte to said guard, a lever 1provided with a detent'for engagement wit said lratchet-wheel, and a spring acting to retain such lever' in en a ed in position to be trip ed therefrom through impin ement by said' ender.

4. nlapparatus of the class described, the combinatlon 4with a car, a fender, a support hinged,..a spring acting to yieldingly retain the fender so as to be at some distance above the track-bed, a lever, and the connection between the lever and the fender, of a wheelguard, a support for carryin spring acting to tilt the uar into juXtapo sition with the track-be a shaft upon the car and provided with a sprocket-wheel and wheels, a chain engaging with said sprocket-l wheel andconnected to said guard, a lever provided with a detent for engagement with said ratchet-wheel, and a sprin acting to respect to the wheel and also in position to be tripped therefrom through impingement by sald fender. I

5. In apparatus ofthe class described, the combination with a car, a fender, la support carried by the car and to which the fender is hinged, a spring acting to yieldingly reta in' the fender so as to be atl some distance above between the lever and the fender, of awheelguard, a support for carrying said guard, a spring acting to tilt the uard into )uxtaposition with the track-beg, a shaft upon the car and provided with a sprocket-wheel and uard a su ort for said oruard means for g i PP s said guard, a

a ratchet-wheel mounted thereon, said I tain such lever in engaged con ition with' re' the track-bed, Aa lever, and the connection' 3. In apparatus of the class described, the

condition with respect to the wheel an a o carried by the car and to which the fender is a'. :ratehet -wheel mounted thereon, said whee1s',a chain engaging with said sprocketa Iwheel and-,eonnected'io said guard, a lever oydegwth a dtent fxoif engagement with rthilwheel, 'a' spring acting to retain said leves whereby the Wheel-guard may be 10 released independently of the fender.

In testimony whereofv I ax my signature vin presence ftwo Witnesses.

JOHN F. RISDON.

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